Leadership Study on Ocean Eleven
Ocean eleven
Group cycle of life
Plot: A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean rounds up a gang of associates to stage the biggest heists in history of three major Las Vegas casinos (Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing event. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. 1. Orientation * Scene 29 :16
* Average motivation * Low productivity
The team leader is trying to: * Common understanding of the goals * Agreement on norms, teamwork basic rules * Agreement on roles, goals, performance criteria * Agreement on authority and responsibility in decision taking * Shared information about the available resources * Agreement on structures and limits : how will the work be performed, by whom, in which time frame, requiring which skills * Good knowledge of who the other ones are, in order to use every one's skills and know-how, and in order to set interpersonal relationships 2. Dissatisfaction : * Scene: 59:14
* Moral: low * Productivity: low to average * Clarify the global overview of the project * Redefine the project, roles, goals, the structure * Commitment towards values and norms must be renewed * Skills development related to team and tasks * Communication processes, including: listening to each other, objective feedback, conflict management and problem resolution * Differences must be valued * Information and resources access * Support and consolation * Results recognition * Open and frank discussion on topics like psychological locks, coalitions and personality conflicts
3. Integration * Scene: 59:56
* Moral: in progress * Productivity: average to high * Integration of: roles, goals, norms and structure at an individual and group level * Keep on developing skills * Support different point of view sharing and disagreement explicit
Group cycle of life
Plot: A gangster by the name of Danny Ocean rounds up a gang of associates to stage the biggest heists in history of three major Las Vegas casinos (Bellagio, The Mirage, and the MGM Grand) simultaneously during a popular boxing event. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. 1. Orientation * Scene 29 :16
* Average motivation * Low productivity
The team leader is trying to: * Common understanding of the goals * Agreement on norms, teamwork basic rules * Agreement on roles, goals, performance criteria * Agreement on authority and responsibility in decision taking * Shared information about the available resources * Agreement on structures and limits : how will the work be performed, by whom, in which time frame, requiring which skills * Good knowledge of who the other ones are, in order to use every one's skills and know-how, and in order to set interpersonal relationships 2. Dissatisfaction : * Scene: 59:14
* Moral: low * Productivity: low to average * Clarify the global overview of the project * Redefine the project, roles, goals, the structure * Commitment towards values and norms must be renewed * Skills development related to team and tasks * Communication processes, including: listening to each other, objective feedback, conflict management and problem resolution * Differences must be valued * Information and resources access * Support and consolation * Results recognition * Open and frank discussion on topics like psychological locks, coalitions and personality conflicts
3. Integration * Scene: 59:56
* Moral: in progress * Productivity: average to high * Integration of: roles, goals, norms and structure at an individual and group level * Keep on developing skills * Support different point of view sharing and disagreement explicit